Heart of Darkness — Page 12
当我凝视着橱窗里的那幅地图时，它迷住了我，就像蛇迷住鸟儿一样——一只傻乎乎的小鸟。
And as I looked at the map of it in a shop-window, it fascinated me as a snake would a bird—a silly little bird.
然后我想起那里有一家大公司，一家在那条河上经营贸易的公司。
Then I remembered there was a big concern, a Company for trade on that river.
去它的！我心里想，他们在那片淡水上做生意，总得用上某种船只——汽船！
Dash it all! I thought to myself, they can't trade without using some kind of craft on that lot of fresh water—steamboats!
我为什么不试着去争取掌管一艘汽船呢？
Why shouldn't I try to get charge of one?
我继续沿着舰队街走去，却怎么也甩不掉这个念头。
I went on along Fleet Street, but could not shake off the idea.
那条蛇已经把我迷住了。
The snake had charmed me.
你要明白，那是一家大陆公司，那个贸易协会；但我有许多亲戚住在欧洲大陆，因为据说那里生活费用低廉，而且也没有看起来那么糟糕。
You understand it was a Continental concern, that Trading society; but I have a lot of relations living on the Continent, because it's cheap and not so nasty as it looks, they say.
我很惭愧地承认，我开始去烦扰他们了。
I am sorry to own I began to worry them.
这对我来说已经是一种全新的做法了。
This was already a fresh departure for me.
你知道，我不习惯用这种方式去谋求什么事情。
I was not used to get things that way, you know.
凡是我想去的地方，我总是走自己的路，靠自己的双腿。
I always went my own road and on my own legs where I had a mind to go.
我真不敢相信自己会这样做；但是，你看——不知为何，我觉得我必须不择手段地去到那里。
I wouldn't have believed it of myself; but, then—you see—I felt somehow I must get there by hook or by crook.
于是我去烦扰他们。
So I worried them.
那些男人们说'我亲爱的老兄'，却什么也不做。
The men said 'My dear fellow,' and did nothing.
然后——你敢相信吗？——我去求助于女人们。
Then—would you believe it?—I tried the women.
我，查理·马洛，去发动女人们为我奔走——为了谋得一份差事。
I, Charlie Marlow, set the women to work—to get a job.
老天爷！好吧，你看，是那个念头驱使着我。
Heavens! Well, you see, the notion drove me.
我有一位姑母，一个热情可爱的人。
I had an aunt, a dear enthusiastic soul.
她写道：'这将是令人愉快的。'
She wrote: 'It will be delightful.
Vocabulary
- and
- 连接两个词或短语的连词
- as
- 作为；当...时候；因为
- looked
- 看；观看的过去式
- at
- 在；向；对着
- the
- 定冠词，用于特定名词前
- map
- 地图；绘制地图
- of
- 属于；来自；...的
- it
- 它；代指前面提到的事物
- in
- 在...里面；用...表示
- shop
- 商店；购物；逛街
- window
- 窗户；窗口；橱窗
- fascinated
- 被迷住；深深吸引的过去式
- me
- 我；宾格代词
- snake
- 蛇；蜿蜒移动
- would
- 将会；过去将来式助动词
- bird
- 鸟；鸟类
- silly
- 愚蠢的；傻的；可笑的
- little
- 小的；少量的
- then
- 那时；随后；然后
- remembered
- 记得；想起的过去式
- there
- 在那里；那个地方
- was
- 是的过去式
- big
- 大的；巨大的
- concern
- 关心；商号；企业
- company
- 公司；陪伴；同伴
- for
- 为了；因为；对于
- trade
- 贸易；交易；行业
- on
- 在...上；关于
- that
- 那个；那
- river
- 河流；江河
- dash
- 冲；破折号；短距离跑
- all
- 所有的；全部
- thought
- 想法；思想；思考的过去式
- to
- 到；向；不定式标记
- myself
- 我自己；反身代词
- they
- 他们；她们；它们
- can
- 能够；可以；罐子
- without
- 没有；不用；不含
- using
- 使用；运用的现在分词
- some
- 一些；某些
- kind
- 种类；善良的
- craft
- 船只；工艺；手艺
- lot
- 很多；许多；命运
- fresh
- 新鲜的；淡水的
- water
- 水；灌溉
- steamboats
- 汽船；蒸汽船的复数
- why
- 为什么；什么原因
- shouldn't
- 不应该；不该
- try
- 尝试；试图；审判
- get
- 获得；变得；理解
- charge
- 控制；收费；指控
- one
- 一个；任何人
- went
- 去的过去式
- along
- 沿着；一起；向前
- fleet
- 舰队；迅速的
- street
- 街道；街区
- but
- 但是；然而
- could
- 能够；可能的过去式
- not
- 不；没有
- shake
- 摇动；震动；握手
- off
- 关闭；离开；脱掉
- idea
- 想法；主意；概念
- had
- 有的过去式
- charmed
- 被迷住的；施魔法的过去式
- you
- 你；您
- understand
- 理解；明白
- continental
- 大陆的；欧洲大陆的
- trading
- 贸易的；交易的
- society
- 社会；协会；社团
- have
- 有；拥有
- relations
- 关系；亲戚；联系
- living
- 生活的；活着的；居住
- continent
- 大陆；洲
- because
- 因为；由于
- cheap
- 便宜的；廉价的
- so
- 所以；那么；非常
- nasty
- 令人讨厌的；肮脏的
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